Facebook

Have you noticed the ticker is missing when viewing your Facebook news feed? It’s not just you— Facebook has officially removed the ticker and confirmed it’s no longer available. Since its launch in 2011, the ticker has been a permanent fixture of peoples’ news feeds. It allowed users to monitor their friends’ public activity on Facebook in real-time. Facebook has been quietly phasing out the ticker over the past few weeks, before finally addressing the matter in a Help Community thread `. You may think that the removal of such a long-standing feature would come with some kind of an announcement. However, unless you were looking for it, Facebook’s official statement could be easily missed. ”Hi everyone, This feature is no longer available. Please submit feedback here: http://on.fb.me/1R1bBKH” Facebook’s decision to remove the ticker could be anyone’s guess at this point, a...